Biography
Dan Gallagher is the Chief Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Officer of Robinhood Markets, Inc. Before joining Robinhood, Dan was Partner and Deputy Chair of the Securities Department at international law firm WilmerHale where he advised corporate boards and management on the full range of legal and strategic issues, and counseled financial services and accounting firms in investigations, regulatory proceedings and policy matters.
Dan has an extensive background in financial markets and regulatory matters, including serving as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2011 to 2015. He held several other positions on the SEC staff prior to being appointed commissioner, including deputy director and co-acting director of the division of trading and markets. Dan also previously served as the Chief Legal Officer at Mylan N.V., a leading global pharmaceutical company, and as the president of a financial services consulting firm.
Dan serves as a fellow for the Columbia Law School’s program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets and is on several advisory boards, including the New Civil Liberties Alliance and the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Visitors at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Dan was formerly a non-executive director of the Irish Stock Exchange and served on the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He holds a J.D. from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and B.A. from Georgetown University.
